The Prime Minister also criticised the BRS for remaining silent on the Hindenburg report. “We are least bothered if the BRS merges with the BJP. The important question is why KCR is not questioning the BJP and KTR is not posting on Twitter about this robbery?” he asked. He alleged that the BRS was tacitly supporting the BJP and demanded that the pink party clarify its stand on the JPC.

Responding to threats by BRS leaders to remove the statue of Rajiv Gandhi in front of the Secretariat, Revanth said, “No power will be able to remove the statue. If anyone touches the statue of Rajiv Gandhi, he or she will get bruises on his or her back. Let them come forward and announce the date on which the statue will be removed.”

He said the government will install a statue of Telangana Talli on the Secretariat premises and unveil it on December 9, the birth anniversary of Sonia Gandhi whom he described as the “living example of Telangana Talli”.

Show strength at Congress protest

Revanth also dismissed the protests organised by the BRS demanding “full implementation of the crop loan waiver scheme”, saying it was “hollow and false propaganda”. He asserted that his government was committed to addressing the problems of farmers.

Former minister Salman Khurshid, deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, TPCC working chairmen Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud and M Anjan Kumar Yadav, ministers and legislators also took part in the protest.